Evelyn C. Leeper (a.k.a. Evelyn Chimelis; born 1950), is an American writer, critic, and active member of

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. She was a member and officer of the UMass Science Fiction Society from 1968 to 1972. In 1978 she and her husband Mark R. Leeper founded the Science Fiction Club at

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. She and Mark have been Fan Guests of Honor at Novacon (1973, Michigan); Covert Contraption (1989, Michigan); and

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XXIX (2002, Chicago). She and Mark have co-edited/co-published their weekly fanzine (the ''MT VOID'') since 1978. As of October 15, 2021, it has had 2194 issues. She was one of the judges of the

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from 1995 to 2014 and a contributor to Uchronia: The Alternate History List. She was a finalist for the

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twelve times (1990–2001), losing on each occasion to

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Evelyn C. Leeper's Home PageEvelyn C. Leeper's ISFDB Pageback issues of the ''MT VOID''
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